389, Lot: 1366. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ITALY, Papale (prigioniero del Vaticano). Leo XIII. 1878-1903. AR Medal (43mm, 34.48 g, 12h). By Bianchi. Dually dated 10 Kalends March 1878 and RY 1 (in Roman numerals). LEO · XIII · PONT · MAX · ANNO · I ·, bust left, wearing zucchetto, mozzetta, and pallium / + DEO · AVCTORE · ECCLESIAE · VNIVERSAE · RECTOR · DATVS · X · KAL · MART · A · MDCCCLXXVIII, coat-of-arms over wreath, surmounted Papal tiara over crossed keys . Rinaldi 72; Mazio supp. 772. Superb EF, cleaned, now retoning, minor edge smoothing.

Ex Fitzgerald Collection (Heritage 241522, 31 May 2015), lot 65402.